Abstract Calculation of the bearing capacity shallow foundations on rock masses is usually addressed either using empirical equations, analytical solutions, or numerical models. While laws are limited to particular conditions and local geology data application solutions complex by its simplified assumptions, models offer a reliable solution for task but require more computational effort. This r...

Abstract The presence of the groundwater level (GWL) at rock mass may significantly affect mechanical behavior, and consequently bearing capacity. water particularly modifies two aspects that influence capacity: submerged unit weight overall geotechnical quality mass, because circulation tends to clean open joints. This paper is a study has on ultimate capacity shallow foundations mass. calcula...

This paper presents a case study of geotechnical design of bridge foundations and approaches in hilly granite formation in northern New South Wales of Australia. Firstly, the geological formation and existing cut slope conditions which have high risks of rock fall will be described. The bridge has three spans to be constructed using balanced cantilever method with a middle span of 150 m. After ...

I will start this treatise with a history of two major themes in data integration. In my opinion, the topic began with the major retailers in the 1990s consolidating their sales data into a data warehouse. To do this they needed to extract data from in-store sales systems, transform it into a predefined common representation (think of this as a global schema), and then load it into a data wareh...

In order to automate the scooping task, it is desirable that the resistive force acting on the bucket be obtained before the scooping is performed. The objective of this study is to derive theoretically the resistive forces acting on the bucket during scooping of piled rock fragments. First, the changes in the shape of the rock pile due to the penetration of it by the bucket are modeled. Based ...

In the long history of developmental psychology there have been thousands of articles, books, monographs and chapters written and a small number of these can be identified as “classics.” These are studies that have helped shape the discipline and have had a major impact on its development. As Christian Jarrett, author of The Rough Guide to Psychology, has noted, “while other sciences have their...

Christian Andreas Doppler is renowned primarily for his revolutionary theory of the Doppler effect, which has deeply influenced many areas of modern science and technology, including medicine. His work has laid the foundations for modern ultrasonography and his ideas are still inspiring discoveries more than a hundred years after his death. Doppler may well earn the title of Homo Universalis fo...

As high speed rail is becoming increasingly popular around the globe, alignments are being forced onto marginal land due to land costs and the requirement for straight tracks. Rail foundations spread the applied wheel loads to prevent damage to the underlying in-situ soil upon which tracks are built. Designs which cannot sustain the resulting stresses will cause serviceability issues and will r...